A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonI didn’t plan on posting anything about Union Square Ventures’ most recent investment, del.icio.us. The founder, Joshua Schachter, posted twice to his list about the investment and I figure that is pretty much the whole story. If you want the details on the investment, that’s about all there is to […] Read more
Fred WilsonLast year, when Brad and I were on the road raising our fund, we used to talk a lot about web services that should exist but don’t. One of Brad’s favorites was “paid job search.” Brad would say that job classifieds on the Internet worked like job classifieds in the newspapers, you had to pay […] Read more
Fred WilsonFor the past 50 years, the media equation has most often been solved for the largest audience. That is changing and its happening pretty quickly, brought on largely by digital media. I think the media equation is going to get solved for attention, passion, relevance, and meaning going forward. I […] Read more
Fred WilsonThe morning paper this morning is not a pretty picture. New Orleans is flooded. Large swaths of the southeast are down and out. Energy prices are spiking. The war in Iraq shows no sign of ending anytime soon. Interest rates are headed up. The housing boom is showing signs of ending (finally). We […] Read more
Fred WilsonSome things take longer than others for me. I was quick to grok the blogging thing, reading them, writing them, etc. I was pretty quick to grok the podcasting and vlogging things too. RSS made sense to me immediately. But candidly wikis have taken longer for me. But I am there now and happy to […] Read more
Fred WilsonI’ve talked about this before, but I want to say it again. The problem with podcasts is you can’t link to a specific part of the podcast. You can link to the entire MP3, but if there is a funny joke or a great song, you can’t highlight that and take me right to it. […] Read more
